The Pursuit of Acting: Working Actors Share Their Experience and Advice

Mr. Schallert is seventy-five and originally from Los Angeles. He has pursued acting for fifty years. Since he began acting professionally in 1947, he has done more than
50 stage plays, 80 theatrical films, 650 television episodes,
numerous radio shows, and several thousand voice-over
commercials. Recently he co-starred as Judge Omar Gaffney in the Hallmark production of Harvey for CBS, and he
is probably best known for starring as the father on The
Patty Duke Show. He also sired Nancy Drew, all the Little
Women, The New Gidget, and Wendy Malik on Dream On.
From 1991 to 1992 he starred as Boarder Hodges on NBC's The Torkelsons. You can also find him on Nick at
Nite as Dobie Gillis's teacher, and as the ancient admiral on Get Smart. In 1980 he received an Emmy nomination for
daytime drama for The Stableboy's Christmas. In 1995 he
starred with Jane Kean in On Golden Pond in Denver, then
played Gaston in the Steppenwolf production of
Steve Martin's Picasso at the Lapin Agile at the Westwood Playhouse. He also starred as Dr. Pangloss/ Storyteller/ Martin
in
Leonard Bernstein Candide at the Ahmanson Theatre.
Previously, his stage work brought him a 1971 Obie Award

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